by Jake Johnson | Jun 24, 2026 | Farm Bill, Food Assistance, Food Assistance Programs, Food Insecurity, Hunger, Hunger Crisis, News, Republicans, SNAP, SNAP food stamps, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Senate Republicans unveiled annual farm legislation this week that would do nothing to address the worsening nationwide hunger crisis spurred by President Donald Trump and the GOP’s unprecedented assault on federal food aid. The draft bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, omits a Democratic proposal to delay a provision of the…
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by Jesse Hagopian | Jan 31, 2026 | affordability, cost of living, Democratic Socialism, Housing Crisis, Hunger Crisis, Inequality, low wages, Op-Ed
When school counselors must decide which children get to eat, it’s time to acknowledge we’re in a national affordability crisis. The problem is the economy itself — not just its current condition, but the underlying unfairness of how it is organized. A friend recently told me a story that made this reality impossible to ignore. Her elderly parents live near an elementary school not far from…
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